FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 171, 21 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

EVENING MODES VARIED. ! ATTENTION TO DETAIL 'Br A PARISIAN EXPERT. 1 | The temptation to extravagance pur-! -ues the modern Eve, tracking her down! even in her own home. In its latest dis-j guise it is a reincarnation of the old-time pedlar, in the form of a pretty girl bearin,' a small black box. Armed with a Miguo recommendation from your own concierge, she steps in, and, like a conjurer, produces a selection of wonderful frocks from her little case. Fascinated, the 'victim watches the ravishing creations displayed witn neatness and vaunted with elegance, and feebly begins to parley with temptation. In vain. The arguments marshalled against are unanswerable. It is so obvious that she looks tres elegante in each and every model, that resistance is usei». i ss, and if -he gets out of that interview with a thousand francs she is lucky indeed, to« may sdmn temptation in the shops, but it it rings at your door you are lost. \ "iir only solace afterwards," while hang:ng up the frock, is to reflect that it was a bargain.

Flowers. Camellias and gardenias have had their day—and their night—and now it ia the turn of red geraniums to decorate black or white gowns, and to be fastened either in a single cluster or a massed bunch high up on the right shoulder, or low down at the left side of the waist, both the brilliant blossoms and their prettily marked softly green leaves being fashioned of velvet. This new flower decoration, though it is certainly very effective and attractive, is not half as adaptable as the white gardenia, or'the delicately pink camellia, and so it is not likely to become quite as generally popular. However, if you want a change, there is the other alternative, of halfopened white roses, and faintly green foliage. Some of the new flowers which do not fade, are bright-coloured whimsical accessories, which take the severity away from the simple costumes of to-day. There are yellow carnations, for wear with brown suits and brunette skins, pink carnations, to flatter the delicate hues of the fair skin; pomegranate-coloured carnations to recall the idea that Nature copies art. For the evening gown, the selection is even wider—chrysanthemums, orchids of silk, roses, lilies of the valley daisies. The Evening Modes. The evening mode leaves great latitude for self-expression. One can wear :risp full skirts or clinging things. One ?an place the waistline high or lower. Dne usually favours a skirt that elongates the silhouette, and one must always look charming and feminine. But details are myriad. The new evening jrown with full skirt and the evening gown, with clinging lines and circular fulness, tipify two extreme* in the mode. Side by side, they are perfectly in harmony. The many layers of tulle which make the delicate looping outline of the full skirt are quite admirable.

beside the limp, slender lines of the chiffon skirt.. Tulle is always delightfully youthful and fairy-like when used as the material for the whole frock. The very latest designs, modelled in this delicate gossamer, are indeed charming. One is composed entirely of tiny ruche frills in a pale rose-silk, except where it opens in front over a plain net underskirt. Ihe wai.»tlino is defined by a little belt finished off by a, sash buckle. Another is of white tulle, embroidered in ■ black, in lace-like designs, a tulle sash i with diamond buckle completing the verv pretty ensemble. Brown tulle figurer again in many charming evening frocks and very often a wide sash of shimmer- • ing gold lame is tied with striking effect L : n a large bouffant bow on one side. i Trimmings and Embroideries. Trimmings run ; n t o the realms of [ -jilded and Oriental splendour, but only the merest touches of these are used on the. day-gowns. Remembering the deceptive winds of spring, the designers have still given fur a place in certain of their models. It is a truism that "there is nothing new under the sun," but though the ide* itself may be old, a new use is often found for it. This is what has happened iu the case of the old woven bead bookmarkers of our grandmothers' time. They appear to-day in the very latest , form of garniture for plain indoor frocks, , either outlining the V neck and crossing over in front, or falling through hvtle straps on either -ide of the bodice or again, being simply worn as a choker tie.

Our Sketch. , t Coral crepe afternoon frock, with a t . two-tier flounced skirt, long sleeves and • an oval decolletage, a coral satin flower ;